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Korosi

Tipo
Vulcano a scudo
Altitudine
1446 m
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Getang crater, also known as Kinyach, is on the N side of the Korosi summit area. The walls of the 600-m-wide, 120-m-deep crater expose trachytic lava flows. The youngest activity at Korosi, consisting of fissure-fed basaltic lava flows on the lower northern flanks, may have occurred only a few hundred to a few thousand years ago.
Getang crater, also known as Kinyach, is on the N side of the Korosi summit area. The walls of the 600-m-wide, 120-m-deep crater expose trachytic lava flows. The youngest activity at Korosi, consisting of fissure-fed basaltic lava flows on the lower northern flanks, may have occurred only a few hundred to a few thousand years ago. · Foto: Photo by Martin Smith, 1993 (copyright British Geological Survey, NERC).
Tipo
Vulcano a scudo
Paese
Kenya
Regione
Africa orientale / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Altitudine
1446 m
Coordinate
0.770, 36.120
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Zona di rift / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
A scudo
Roccia principale
Trachite / Trachidacite

Sintesi geologica

Originale in inglese

The trachytic Korosi shield volcano lies at the N end of Lake Baringo. Unlike other rift valley volcanoes, it does not contain a summit caldera.

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Riassunto in inglese

Korosi is a shield volcano located in the Gregory Rift at the northern end of Lake Baringo, Kenya.

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